DFA Strategic Plan

To Provide essential leadership in an environment that promotes distributed yet integrated management productivity and accountability toward accomplishment of the university’s strategic mission, goals, objectives and strategies while ensuring proper stewardship of the institution’s facilities, finances, personnel and communication infrastructure.

Vision

Our vision is to provide supportive operations and networks that facilitate accomplishing the University’s strategic goals (Teaching and Learning, Scholarship and Creative, Outreach and Engagement & Organization, Culture, and Climate) through actions and decisions that reflect and demonstrate employee empowerment, creativity, flexibility, Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Trust and Quality. We will stay focused and develop infrastructure for growth of research and outreach, while maximizing the effectiveness of all of our buildings, grounds, infrastructure and facilities. And we understand that we operate within a changing market and we will remain flexible, adaptive, invest in our people and manage for change.